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Georgina Sparks watch

Trip report: She was glorious.

"I can tell you're up to something. Please let me in on it; I haven't been this bored since I believed in Jesus."
 
Ugghghgh the things I do for Michelle Trachtenberg.

I mean whenever I watch an episode of Gossip Girl I'm remind just how totally and utterly unlikable all the main characters are and how Georgina Sparks is obviously the most sane and likable character, despite her being 'the villain'.

I mean throughout her appearances on the show Georgina has shown her utter dislike to the disgusting spoilt main characters, and how the main troubles in their lives boil down to "OH NO I HAVE TO MARRY A PRINCE...~" and "OH NO THE HOT GUY I LIKE TURNS OUT TO BE MIDDLE CLASS HOW DISGUSTING~" and so rightly punishes them for it. She's also far more in touch with normal people, such as at the start of Season 3 where Blair organizes some sort of smug posh 'Look how rich and fantastic I am' party for her college roommates, and Georgina just organizes a party that people actually want to go to instead - and we're supposed to think she's the villain? For being normal? For not thinking that just because she was born into a wealthy family that everyone should love her? No, she's the hero.

And this episode is no different. We see Georgina having been married to a rich man and hating it. "Oh Georgina", we're supposed to say "You've married a rich man, THAT'S THE DREAM ALL WOMEN SHOULD WANT, WHY DO YOU HATE IT?" and we're supposed to dislike her for that. But no, she wants something more, she wants more than the shallow, self-obsessed materialistic lives that the main characters live, and she's trying desperately to show the main characters what a pitiful life they leave.

Georgina Sparks is a hero and the most interesting, moral, and downright normal person on Gossip Girl.
 
I think you mean SO LOVELY, right?



I'm really not looking forward to watching another episode of Gossip Girl but I am really looking forward to watching another episode of "Georgina Sparks: Hero for All".
 
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Georgina Sparks is a meteor that burns so bright, her passages in our sky must be brief to keep up from going blind. See you next shindig, sweet princess.
 
I'm not spoilering this because fucks fake it's Gossip Girl.

Georgina is Gossip Girl. Of course she is. OF COURSE SHE IS. As ever, Georgina Sparks is the hero who shows the rest of the world how disgusting every other character on the show is. She is the voice of the people. She is an angel and I love her.


No, seriously. The entire episode is - ONCE AGAIN - all about the poor rich people and BOO HOO HOO I'M MARRYING A PRINCE LET ME WIPE THE TEARS WITH MY MAID'S PAYCHEQUE. Georgina Sparks trys to stop this, because that's what any sane person would do. ANY sane person. Ever. I honestly don't understand how people would ever think she's the villian of the piece.


On a personal note (and yes I've repeating myself), I love Michelle Trachtenberg. A lesser actress would've stripped down into bra and whatever, but she goes the classier route and ends up looking more attactive than anyone else on the planet thank you Michelle Trachtenberg you're the reason there is light in the world.
 
So, as ever, Georgina comes along offering to help - with accurate information and the spoilt rich kids throw it back in her face. Fuck them all.



Of course what I'm really hoping to get out of all of this is a good shot of Michelle Trachtenberg using her laptop where both her face and the laptop screen is visible so I can update my fucking signature.
 
When she says, at the end, that "the world needs Gossip Girl", she's entirely right, and she is taking up an important social function by taking up the role. Selflessly, too, since we can see the toll it takes on her personal and social life.

It's been very well established by now that these people are above the law - getting away with murder, little more than a slap on the wrist for framing a man for rape and having him imprisoned for a decade, and having lackeys at several levels of law enforcement, from police to prosecutors to judges, working for them. They are, literally, untouchable.

You can't hurt them monetarily, either. The poorest of our main characters is Blair Waldorf, and she has paid servants, can fly around the world on a whim, and generally doesn't worry about money.

So, you take away the law and money, and what's left of accountability? By what mechanism can these people be held responsible for their actions? Status. They're aspiring business leaders and socialites and authors and politicians. They live and die by their image and how other people see them.

You can't count on the mainstream media to transmit their behaviour to the world with any fidelity, however. The largest gossip rag in New York, the Spectator, is owned and edited by Nate, one of their own. They invite and schmooze and buy the affections of the mainstream gossip journalists, like the Post's Page Six, by inviting them to their lavish parties with open bars. The mainstream media is much more likely to be part of a coverup than an exposé.

So one girl stands alone and serves as a check on these fucking teenagers' worst instincts. When Serena tries to keep it in her pants, or Blair forgives her enemies, or Chuck doesn't murder the prostitutes he hires, it's for one reason only: they know Gossip Girl will be there to document every moment.

Gossip Girl got taken out of commission by the group earlier this winter, and that was a huge threat to the social order. Without her, there's little to keep New York City from becoming Gotham at the hands of these spoiled teenage assholes.

So, yes, thank you, Georgina, for being a hero, taking up the Gossip Girl mantle, and taking one for the team.
 
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